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«But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?»
«Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.»
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
boot, boots, boot maker, defer, deferred, deferring, defers, maker, perish, reject, The Authority, the matter
«In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
(Writer)
| Keywords:
furnishing, furnishings, the matter, ugliness
«If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow»
Author: Steve Allen
(Actor, Comic, Composer, Writer)
| Keywords:
capital, capital punishment, in the United States, Old Testament, reliable, testament, the matter
«All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music, because, in its ideal, consummate moments, the end is not distinct from the means, the form from the matter, the subject from the expression; and to it therefore, to the condition of its perf»
Author: Walter H. Pater
| About:
Art,
Music
| Keywords:
aspires, consummate, consummated, consummating, distinct, subject matter, the matter
«He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity»
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
(Philosopher)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
bravely, childish, harbor, harbored, harbors, illusions, renounce, renounces, renouncing, the matter
«Generally, about all perception, we can say that a sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet ring without the iron or gold»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
impress, iron, perception, receiving, ring, sensible, signet, signets, signet ring, the matter, wax, waxes, waxing
«Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Poverty,
Society
| Keywords:
poverty, social, the matter, the poor, uselessness
«As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Misery,
Past
| Keywords:
accomplishments, almost all, apparent, deprives, enjoyment, fourth, renders, Second Thoughts, the matter, withdraws